Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Last week on Sept. 9, thousands of Egyptian protesters tore down the security wall protecting the Israeli embassy in Cairo. Surging into the building, the rioters broke windows, set fires, spray-painted anti-Israel phrases and looted offices. Israel was forced to evacuate their ambassador, Yitzhak Levanon, his family, and more than 80 embassy employees and their […]
Do you ever watch a really awful YouTube video and say to yourself (or to the person who made the video): “Well, that’s two minutes and 45 seconds of my life that I can never get back?” That applies to other outrageous ways to squander time as well. Once time passes, it stays past. And […]
We’re about two weeks into the school year and I’m already noticing some fundamental problems that I never encountered when I lived on campus. There isn’t enough parking for commuters; many drivers don’t follow the posted traffic signs; many students don’t check for cars when they want to cross South Street; and the campus shuttle […]
Maybe it’s due to my liberal arts education. Maybe I’ve been influenced by my friends. Perhaps my upbringing changed me in some way. I’m not sure which of these sources changed me, repulsed me to the point that I can say, with absolute certainty, that I hate organic food. I seem to be the only […]
Broken glass; shattered steel; collapsed towers; the passing of mothers, fathers, spouses, brothers, sisters and children—perhaps the most significant legacy of Sept. 11 was the devastating sense of loss that rippled throughout the nation. Yet another lasting impact of that tragic day one decade ago was the birth of an intellectual and policy debate that […]
This past Monday at the activities fair, I made sure to at least glance at every one of the nearly 100 clubs that were advertising themselves. While most of the clubs advertised themselves in a professional and thoughtful manner, the Brandeis Libertarian-Conservative Union—sometimes known as the College Republicans—did not comport themselves in the same manner. […]
In 1995 it was the OJ Simpson trial. In 1996 it was the JonBenet Ramsey case. This summer it was the Casey Anthony trial. I, however, have never been very good at picking up on these sensationalist news trends and instead followed a different trial this summer: Brandon McInerney’s. For those of you who don’t […]
I was born and raised in Nepal. I grew up hearing stories about families being hit by floods and landslides and communities trying hard to adapt to the changing climate. In the recent years, farmers in the Terai, the wetlands, have sensed the difference. They survive two extremely dry months and then, in only three […]
In the photograph in my dorm room my sister and I are on vacation in Michigan in the mid-90s. I am wearing a flowered sundress and she is wearing a red t-shirt and blue shorts. We are not at the height of fashion, even for the ’90s. My arm is thrown around her and a […]
On May 12, Bill S.978 was passed by the Senate. For those unaware of what this bill encompasses, its purpose is “to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes.” This bill would essentially make any form of streaming of copyrighted material illegal. But what does that even […]
